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Amino Acids

Miguel Amezola edited this page Sep 26, 2016 · 7 revisions

Each amino acid has the same generic structure. The R group is what differentiates them. The alpha carbon in the backbone is also known as a chiral carbon. Chiral carbons has four unique groups bound to it. In amino acids, the chiral cardon has the amino group, carboxylic acid group, a hydrogen atom, and the R group are bound to it.

alanine

aspartate or asparagine

cystine

aspartate

glutamate

phenylalanine

glycine

histidine

isoleucine

lysine

leucine

methionine

asparagine

proline

glutamine

arginine

serine

threonine

selenocysteine

valine

tryptophan

tyrosine

glutamate or glutamine

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